The Binding of Isaac: PC requirements and the PC you need

About The Binding of Isaac

The Binding of Isaac is a dark top-down action game from Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl. Isaac flees into the basement to escape his mother, and you guide him through randomly built rooms full of monsters, using his tears as a weapon and picking up odd items that change his powers. Each run is different, and dying means starting again. It is single player, and the content is disturbing in places. This is the original game; a later remake, Rebirth, is also available. It runs on almost any computer, so any of our gaming PCs handles it.

What The Binding of Isaac needs

In plain words: to play at all it needs almost any graphics, even the graphics built into the processor, with at least 1GB of memory.

A low-spec PC or a high-spec PC?

This is a light game: almost any of our gaming PCs will run it comfortably.

On a PC that only just meets the minimum, the game will start and play, but on low settings: simpler shadows and textures, shorter view distances and fewer frames each second, so fast moments can feel less smooth. A 1080p screen is the sensible match.

On a PC that meets or beats the recommended spec, you can turn the settings up: sharper textures, proper shadows and lighting, more detail in the distance, and a smoother picture. A stronger PC also lets you use a sharper 1440p or high-refresh screen.

Questions about The Binding of Isaac on PC

How we match: we compare the graphics card and the memory in each PC with the makers' spec, because those decide most of how a game runs. For very new or demanding games, ask us and we will check the processor too. More help: graphics cards explained, how much RAM, which screen.